Comparison

Tellar vs VoiceForge Reader

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tellar

Features
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Listen instead of reading! Tellar turns any webpage into a clear, natural narration. Whether you're walking, driving, cooking, or just giving your eyes a break. Tap, paste, and press play. Features: Paste a URL or share from Safari. Extracts clean article content automatically. Smart sentence-by-sentence narration. Modern, minimalist interface. Works offline once text is loaded. Designed with accessibility in mind. Perfect for catching up on long reads, blogs, or research; all without needing to stare at your screen. Future features: - Copy and paste any text, offline, without providing a URL to an article - and narrate it. - Choose a voice pack. All done locally, no third party, no tracking, all running locally on your iOS device and providing human voice. - Support articles in different languages. No ads. Ever.

About

VoiceForge Reader

Convert text, documents, and scanned pages into speech. Listen to spoken words, follow along with translations, and customize your reading experience with various voices and playback speeds.

Highlights
  • Text-to-speech conversion
  • Document and PDF import
  • On-device translation
  • Customizable voices and playback speed
  • Action Button integration
  • Background listening with Lock Screen controls
Features
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Turn text, printed pages and PDFs into speech. VoiceForge Reader helps you listen to what you choose, follow the words as they are spoken, and read alongside a translation. READ WITH THE ACTION BUTTON On a compatible iPhone, follow the in-app guide to add the VoiceForge Reader shortcut. Tap Open Action Button Settings, choose Shortcut, then select VoiceForge Reader. Copy text, then press and hold the Action Button to begin reading in the background. The step-by-step guide is available in Settings and Help. CHOOSE YOUR VOICE Use Microsoft Edge voices online or installed Apple system voices on your device. Save language and voice choices separately for each source, preview voices, and find guidance for downloading more Apple voices in iOS Settings. BRING YOUR OWN TEXT Paste text, share it from another app, import a PDF or text file, or scan a printed page. Crop, rotate and recognize text locally with the document scanner. TRANSLATE AND FOLLOW ALONG Translate supported language pairs with Apple's on-device translation services. View original and translated text in synchronized panes, follow karaoke highlights, and tap words to move through the reading. Longer documents can translate progressively as reading continues. STAY IN CONTROL Adjust playback from 0.5x to 2.0x, pause, seek and restart. Continue listening in the background, with Lock Screen and Dynamic Island controls on supported devices. The interface is available in English, French, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Turkish and Chinese. Speech voices and translation languages have their own availability. Microsoft Edge voices require an internet connection and send the selected text to Microsoft for speech generation. Installed Apple voices render speech on your device. OCR is local. Apple voices and translation resources may need downloading, and supported languages vary. Action Button and Dynamic Island features require compatible hardware and iOS versions. Edge data transfer requires your permission, which you can withdraw in Settings. No account is required. VoiceForge does not include advertising or app analytics SDKs. Open-source notices and LGPL source/relink materials: https://risvoice.github.io/voiceforge-legal/support.html#open-source

Screenshots

Tellar3 screens
VoiceForge Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VoiceForge Reader at none against Tellar's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tellar sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. VoiceForge Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Tellar versus VoiceForge Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTellarVoiceForge Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMor AlmalachROMAN SERPER

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tellar

One-time2
  • Thank you!$0.99
  • You Rock!$3.99
None

VoiceForge Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tellar free?
Tellar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VoiceForge Reader free?
VoiceForge Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tellar or VoiceForge Reader have ads?
Neither Tellar nor VoiceForge Reader shows ads.

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